HISTORY OF PLUMBING CODE

17th Century
- Walled City of Intramuros
Model Community
- Illustrados
recognized Plumbers

Governor General Harrison

proper disposal of waste

1902
Plumbing code was duly recognize
- John F. Hass
1st Master Plumber

1935
NAMPAP was formed
National Master Plumber association of the Philippines
- City Ordinance 2411
Plumbing code for city of Manila

June 18,1955
- RA 1378
Plumbing Law of the Philippines
signed by Pres. Ramon Magsaysay

January 28,1959
- approved by Malacanang

NAWASA
National Waterworks and Sewarage Authority
- Asbestos Cement pipe
1st approved Plumbing Materials

22 BASIC PRINCIPLES

- Supply of pure and wholesome water

- Sufficient volume and adequate pressure of water supply
- Minimum quantity of water
- Well designed of heating and storing of water
- Shall be connected to the sewer system
- One water closet and one kitchen sink must always be provided
- Plumbing fixtures must be made of smooth and non abosrbent material
- Adequate cleanouts
- NAMPAP approved materials
- Water sealed trap
- circulation of air must be adequate
- Vent terminals shall extended to the outer air
- plumbing system tests
- Destructive object shall not be allowed to enter the building drainage system
- Appliances shall be indirectly connected to BDS (building drainage system)
- Water Closet shall be properly lighted and ventilated
- Septic tank
- Back flow prevention
- RMP - Registered Master plumbers (Services)
- Plumbing fixture
- RMP - Registered Master plumbers (Structural and Design)
- Sewerage Treatment
PLUMBING TERMS

PLUMBING
- Plumbing Fixtures
A receptacle which water or water waste may be collected
- Plumbing Appliance
equipment performing special plumbing function
- Plumbing Appurtenance
serves as adjunct to the basic plumbing system and plumbing fixture
- Privy
- Cesspool
seepthrough the ground
- Septic Tank or Septic Vault
composed of 2 chambers
Digestive chamber 2/3
Leaching well 1/3
- Inhoff Tank
a two storey septic tank

- Gate Valve - Water Meter - Check Valve

- Flash Tank
4"-6"
VENT
- Main Vent/Vent Stack
principal artery of the venting system
- Stack Vent / Soil Stack
extension of a soil or waste stack above the highest horizontal drain
connected to the stack
- Stack Vent Thru Roof
the extionsion of stack vent upon the roof
- Branch Vent
horizontal vent connecting one or more individual vent to the vent stack
or the stack vent
- Dry Vent
vent that doesn’t carry water or waste water

- Individual or Back Vent

installed to a vent a fixture trap
- Unit vent
a vent which is serving two traps having the same elevations
- Circuit Vent
a group of vent which starts in front of the last fixture and connects
it to the vent stack
- Loop Vent
Same as circuit vent but connects to stack vent
- Relief Vent
vertical vent which provides additional circulation between the drainage
and vent systems
- Yoke vent
a vent connecting soil or waste stack below the floor to an adjacent bend
stack minimum of 1 meter above the highest flood level rim of the
fixture
- Wet Vent
a vent pipe which waste water also flows thru

PIPES and FITTINGS

- Coupling
a short internally threaded which is female at both ends that
is use to connect two pipes in a straight line

- Nipple
pipe which is threaded outside and male at both ends that is
used to join coupling or other fittings
- Pipe
denoted as Interior Diameter
- Fitting
used to join two or more pipes or to change their direction
- Drainage Pipe
pipe that conveys waste

DRAINAGE PIPES
- Waste Pipe
conveys only waste water, free of fecal matter
- Soil Pipe
conveys discharge of Water closet and urinals
- Storm pipe
conveys rain water and discharge to the storm drain
- Branch
horizontal pipes
- Stack
vertical pipes
TYPE of PIPES

ASBESTOS CEMENT PIPE

made of fibrous carcinogenic silicate material combined
with portaland cement
used as Soil, Waste or Downspout
- Pressure ACP
Working pressure = 100,150, and 200 psi
Diameter = 3" to 13"
Length = 3 to 4 meters (3",4",6")
. = 4 meters (8")
Joints = rubber gasket, solvent cement

CAST IRON PIPE

durable and conviniently use on 25 storeys and below
- Types
SV for building
XV for underground, xtra heavy
- Acid Resistant C.I. Pipe
made of alloy of cast iron and silicon, for chemical and acid waste

BITUMINOUS FIBER SEWER PIPE

cheapest and light and weight, mostly used in septic tanks

VITRIFIED CLAY PIPE

made from clay, usually 0.75 meters and installed mostly in underground
for sewer or storm drain
brittle in nature, easily cracks when not laid on unstable base

LEAD PIPE
one of the oldest plumbing material
cannot be use on conveying potable water

GALVANIZED IRON STEEL PIPE

6.0 meters long with 15 to 20 years of life span
corroded by Alkaline and Acid water
- Galvanized Wrought Iron Pipes
better than steel pipe for plumbing installation and more
resistant to acid waste than steel pipe

BRASS PIPE
most expensive of all pipes
15% Zinc
85% Copper
COPPER PIPES
extremely corrosive
easiest to install
- Types
"K" green heaviest, for underground installations
"L" blue flexible and rigid type
"M" red thinner and available in rigid form
"DWV" yellow

PLASTIC or SYNTHETIC PIPE

- Rigid
PVC Polyvinyl Chloride
CPVC Chlorinated polyvinyl chloride
UPVC Unplasticized polyvinyl chloride
PP Polypropylene
ABS Acrilonitrile Butadiene styrene
SR Styrene rubber
- Flexible
PE round Polyethylene up to 30 meters long
PB oval Polybutylene up to 150 metrers long
ADMINISTRATION

SECTION 100 PERMIT

- Required
RMP - Registered and Licensed Master Plumber
R.A. 1378 - Plumbing Code
Jurisdiction DPWH DILG
DENR
DOH
City Mayors
Officers of the Building Official

SECTION 101 TO WHOM PERMITS MAY BE ISSUED

- RMP
holding a valid, unexpired and unrevoked cetificate

SECTION 102 APPLICATION OF PERMIT

- Application
RMP
Building Owner
a. Plumbing Work
b.Land - Land registration and street address
c. Use or Occupancy
d.Datas - Plans Computation Diagrams
Drawings Technical Specs
e. Others
f. Signed of Owner or Permittee
g. Signed and sealed by RMP - Plan and specs 6 sets

SECTION 103 PERMIT ISSUANCE

- Approved by Administrative authority
- Retention of Plans
1 sets Admin
2 Applicant or owner
1 Jobsite
- Validity of permit
- Expiration
1 year or 365 days - if plumbing work has not yet started
from the day it was issued
4 months or 120 days - if it is not started
from the day it was suspended
- Fees for Renewal
50% of the original fees
SECTION 104 APPLICATION FOR EXISTING PLUMBING SYSTEM
- Addition, Alteration or Repairs
- Changes ing Building occupancy
- Maintenance
All Plumbing system
Materials
Appurtenances
Existing of New
- Moved Buildings

SECTION 105 INSPECTIONS

- General
Admistrative Plumbing personel
Plumbing Inspector
- Operation of Plumbing Equipment
request of inspection shoud be atleast
72 hours or 3 days before
- Re inspection
Fee is required
No payment, no reinspection
PLUMBING TERMS

GENERAL TERMS
- Plumbing
the art and technique of installing pipes and fixtures for
bringing in water and discharging wastes
- Roughing ins
plumbing work done befor installing fixtures and finishes
- Alley
less than 3.0 meters but not less than 2.0 meters

INSTALLATION TERMS
- Alter/Alterations
change, addition, modification
- Existing work
portions of plumbing fixture which is installed or approved
- Repair
reconstruction or renewal, for maintenance

ACCESSIBILITY TERMS/RELATED TERMS

- Accessible
removal of access panel
- Readily Accessible
direct access withour removal of any panel door
- Manhole
an opening of sufficient size for man to gain access
Cross Connection
physical connection of pipes bet. Two otherwise separate
building water supply pipes

ADMINISTRATIVE AUTHORITY
- Approved
accepted or acceptable
- Approved Testing Agency (ATA)
approve standards for testing
- Administrative Authority
authorized by the office of the president (RA 1378)
- Certified Backflow Assembly Tester
has the competence to test and maintain backflow assemblies
Department having Jurisdiction
Administrative Authority
- Jurisdiction
DPWH DOH
DILG City Mayors
DENR Officers of Building official
- Plumbing Official
Administrative Authority
BUILDING COMPONENTS
- Building
structure built, erected and framed of component
structural parts
- Floor Area
area with in a surrounding walls of a building
- Lot
single area of land legally recorded
- Height of Building
from gradeline to the highest point of caping
- Single Family Dwelling
only dwelling located in a parcel of lanf
- Storey
upper surface of the floor next above
- Yard
Open or unoccupied space

UTILITY SPACES
- Chase
built for pipes
- Court
unoccupied space
- Shaft
vertical opening, elevator
- Combustible Construction
will ignite @ 756 degrees Celsius
- Confined Space
a space with a volume of less than 1.4 m3 and having
250 kilogram calorie of aggregate
- Unconfined Space
volume of atleast equal to 1.4 m3
- Labelled
equipment bearing a label
- Listing Agency
agency accepted by Administrative Authority
- Listed
equipment included in the list published by a listing
agency
- Quality of Materials
free from defects
- Master Plumber
a person with a knowledge and experience in plumbing
- NAMPAP
National Master Plumber Association of the
Philippines
- Plumbing Firm
sole proprietorship / corporation composed of RMP
- May
a permissive term
- Mobile Home Park Sewer
measure 0.60 meters from the last mobile home site
- Nuisance
dangerous to human life
- Family
person living alone or group living together
- Occupancy
purpose for which a builidng is intended to
- Person
natural persona
- Private / Private use
not use in public, for the use of family or individual
- Public / Public use
used without restriction, open for all
- Plumbing Appliance
equipment with a special plumbing function
- Clarifier / Interceptor
separte or prevent the passage of Oil, Grease or Sand

Note
Master Plumber
registered and licensed
Journey Man
skilled and knowledgable

- Grease Interceptor
a fixture up to 3.0 m3 capacity
- Grease Trap
a receptacle to retain grease up to 1-4 fixtures
- Sand Interceptor
interceptor
- Plumbing Appurtenances
serves as adjunt to the basic piping and plumbing fixtures
- Ball Cock
a valve open or close by the fall or rise of a ball floating
on the surface of water
- Ball Joint
a connection in which is a ball shape end
- Bibb
faucet, cock, tap, plug
- Air Break
physical separation between a receptacle and an inlet pipe
for drainage
- Air Gap
unobstructed vertical distance through free atmosphere
between the lowest opening of any pipe to the flood level rim
of a fixture
use for Potable water
- Critical Level (C/L or C-L)
determines the minimum elevation above the flood level
rim of a fixture
- Flood Level
the level in a fixture @ which water begins to overflow
rim of a fixture
- Floor Level Rim
top edge of a receptacle
- Flooded
when liquid rises to the flood level rim
- Effective Opening
minimum cross sectional area for which the water flows thru
diameter of a circle
diameter of a circle of equivalent cross sectional area
- Plumbing Fixtures
a receptacle which water or wastes may be collected or retained
for ultimate discharhe into the plumbing system
- Fixture
a receptacle attached to a plumbing fixture
- Bathroom
equipped with a shower stall or bath tub
- Fixture Unit
flow rate of 1 ft3 of water per minute
7.5 gallons of water/ minute
28.3 liters of water/minute
- Bidet
washing the middle part of the body
- Latrine
a water closet with continuous trough containing water
- Lavatory
wash basin
- Battery of Fixtures
two or more similar adjacent fixtures with discharge to a
common horizontal or soil branch
- Swimming pool
a water receptacle used for swimming
- Plumbing unit
minimum standard quantity of plumbing fixtures
1 water closet 1 water meter
1 kitchen sink 1 laundry tray
1 shower head 3 floor drains
1 lavatory 4 hose bibb /faucets
WATER SOURCE, STORAGE AND SUPPLY
- Ground Water
passing through the ground
- Surface Water
runs off over the surface of the ground
- Potable water
satisfactory for drinking, culinary and domestic purposes
- Pressure
the normal forxe exerted by a homogenous liquid or gas
Types
*Static pressure pressure at rest
*Residual pressure pressure due to friction loss, head loss, meter loss
during MAX. Demand period
- Contamination
high hazard, impairment of the quality of the potable water
*high hazard contamination
*low hazard pollution
- Main
principal artery of system which branch is connected to
- Service pipe
pipe from the street water main, source of water supply
to the building served
- Water distributing pipe
conveys potable water from the building supply pipe
to the plumbing fixtures
- Fixture Branch
the supply pipe bet. The fixture and the water distributing
pipe from the street water main, source of water supply
- Fixture Supply
water supply pipe connecting the fixture with the
fixture branch
- Riser
a water suppy pipe that extends vertically one full storey or more
- Faucet
a fixture where water can be drawn from
- Spigot
the end of a pipe which fits into the bell

PIPES and FITTINGS

- Pipe
denoted by its interior diameter
- Length of pipe
the length as measured along it's center
- Invert
the lowest portion of the inside of any pipe
- Horizontal pipe
forms an angle of not more than 45 degrees with the
horizontal plane
- Vertical pipe
forms an angle of not more than 45 degrees with the
vertical plane
- Soil Stack pipe
vertical soil pipe conveying fecal matter and waste water
- Stack
general term used for any vertical line of soil, waste, vent piping
- Soil pipe
any pipe conveying wastes from water closet and urinals
- Waste pipe
a pipe which conveys liquid waste, free from fecal matter
- Grade / Pitch
the slope or fall of a line of pipe in reference to the
horizontal plane
- Hangers / Supports / Anchors / Brackets / Cradles
devices for holding pipe and fixtures
- IPS
iron pipe size
- Diameter
*Nominal internal diameter pipe
*Nominal outside diameter tube
- Tube
denoted by it's outside diamater
*copper *cylindrical conduit
*brass
- ABS
acrylonitrile butadiene styrene
- PB
polybutylene
black
oval
- PE
polyethylene
round
- PVC
polyvinyl chloride
*blue water
*gray,orange and brown waste
- Bell or Hub
enlarged to receive the end the another pipe for making
a joint
- B&S
brown and sharpe
bell and spigot
- Hubless pipe
cast iron soil pipe with plain ends connected with a bolted
stainless steel bar and neoprene gaskets
- Bending pin
a tool used for straightening or bending lead pipe
- Blank Flange
not drilled for bolt holes
- Blind Flange
used to close the end of a pipes
- Cap
a fittin which purpose is closing the end of a pipe
- Double bend fitting
a pipe fitting shaped like the "S"
- Double offset
two offsets in succession
- Offsets
combination of elbows and bends which brings one section of the
pipe out of line parallel with the original section
- Ferrule
a metallic sleeve, caulked to an opening in a pipe to which a plug is
screwed for the purpose of cleaning or examining the interior
of the pipe
- Dead end
the extended portion of the pipe that is closed @ one end
- Durham system
soil or waste system where all piping are threaded pipe, tubing,
rigid construction using drainage fittings
- Sovent system
plumbing system which use aerator and de-aerator
- Imhoff tank
a two storey septic tank
- Return bend
composed of two 90 degrees bend, or 180 degrees bend for copper
tubing
- Tail piece
a pipe which connects the outlet of a fixture to its trap
- Tapped tee
a tee with a branched tapped to receive a threaded fitting
- Lateral
secondary pipeline
- Branch interval
not less than 8' or 2.43 meters with in which the horizontal
branches from one floor are connected to the stack
- Fixture Branch
a pipe which connects the fixture supply to the main
water distributing pipe
- Horizontal Branch
a branch drain extending laterally from a soil or waste stack
with or without sections or branches

PIPE JOINTS
- Brazed joint
not less than 449 degrees celsius but less than the
melting point of the materials joined
- Caulking / Calking / Plugging
plugging an opening with a hemp or oakum and lead
- Oakum
hemp or old hemp soaked in oil or tar to make it
waterproof
- Slip joint
a joint which consists of a compression joint, compression
washer and friction ring designed to fit a threaded adapter
- Soldered Joint
not less than 149 degrees celsius but less than 427 degrees
- Welded / Seam joint
joining metal parts in a plastic molten state
- Welder, Pipeline
specializes in welding of pipes
- Drainage system
the drainage pipe which conveys waste water from the
fixtures to the sewer
- Drain
a sewer, pipe, or conduit conveying ground, surface, storm,
waste water or sewage
- Fixture drain
drain from the trap of a fixture to the junction of the drain
- Building drain / House drain
part of the lowest horizontal piping of the drainage system
0.60 meters outside the building wall
- Building sewer / House sewer
starts at the end of the building drain
- Primary branch
single sloping drain from the base of the stack to its junction
with the building drain or with another branch
- Secondary branch
any branch in the building drain other than the primary
- Building subdrain
cannot be drain by gravity
- Subsoil drain
underground pipe which receives only subsurface /
 seepage water
- Sump
approved tank or pit which receives sewage located
below normal grade
- Backflow
flow of water supply system from any source rather than it's
main source
- Backflow connection
arrangement where backflow can occur
- Back pressure back flow
occurs due to an increased reverse pressure above
the supply pressure
- Backwater valve
valve installed in drainage to prevent reverse flow
- Blow-off
discharged liquid/detritus

VALVES
- Check Valve
automatically closes to prevent water in reverse direction
- Gate Valve
a valve in which the flow of water is cut-off by means of
a circular disk
- Globe Valve
a valve in which the flow of water is cut-off by means of
a disk that fit against the valve seat (tortuous passage)

REGULATING EQUIPMENT
- Flush tank
for flushing removing excrements in the fixture
- Flush valve
flushing using water directly from the water supply pipes
- Flushometer tank
an accumulated vessel to discharge pre determine quantity
of water for flushing purposed
- Flushometer valve
to discharge predetermined quantity of water for flushing
purposes actuated by direct water pressure

VENT
- Individual Vent / Revent pipe
connects directly with and individual trap and extends
to the branch, main, soil , waste or any higher than the
fixture or fixture trap
- Branch Vent
a horizontal vent pipe connecting the drainage system to
 vent stack or stack vent
- Group Vent
a branch vent that performs it's function for two or more traps
- Circuit Vent
a group vent extending in front of the last fixture to the
vent stack
- Loop Vent
a group vent extending in front of the last fixture to the
stack vent
- Local Vent
a pipe or shaft serving to convey foul air to the outer air
- Vent pipe
a pipe for ensuring the circulation of air
- Vent system
pipes installed for ensuring the circulation of air for the
drainage system
- Vent Stack / Main Vent
principal artery of the venting system
- Stack Vent
the extension of a soil or waste stack above the horizontal
drain connected to the stack
- Common / Unit / Dual Vent
vent serving two traps on the same level
- Dry vent
vent pipe that does not carry liquid waste
- Wet vent
vent pipe that carries liquid or water borne waste
- Relief vent
provides circulation of air bet. The drainage and
vent system
- Yoke vent
a vent connecting soil or waste stack below the floor to an
adjacent bend stack minimum of 1 meter above the highest
flood level rim of the fixture

OTHER TERMS
- Siphonage / Vacuum
pressure less than atmospheric pressure
- Vacuum breaker
backflow preventer
- Sewerage / Sewerage works
construction, collection, transportation, pumping
treatment and final disposition of sewage
- Combination Waste and Vent system
a speciallly designed system of waste piping
horiontal wet venting of one or more sinks per floor and
 drains by a common horizontal waste and vent pipe
- Continuous waste
drain connecting the compartments of a set of fixtures to
a trap
- Water treatment
device which treats water supply to improve
water quality
- Sewage
any waste water containing animal or vegetable matter
in a suspension or solution
- Domestic Sewage
*sanitary sewage
*liquid / water borne free from industrial waste discharged
into the public sewer
- Sanitary sewer
with or without industrial waste
- Main / Public sewer
a common sewer controlled by administrative authority
- Sewer
a pipe or conduit for conveying sewage or liquid waste
- Industrial waste
free from fecal matter
- Liquid waste
discharge of any fixture, which do not have fecal matter
- Private sewage diposal system
a septic tank with the effluent discharging into a subsurface
disposal field and seepage pit
- Private sewer
privately owned
- Cesspool
a pit for retention or detention of seepage which is
not watertight and permit the liquid to seep through
it's bottom and sides
- Seepage pit
loosely lined excavation in the ground
- Privy
out house structure used in deposition of excrement
- Privy vault
a pit beneath a privy in which excrements collect
- Septic Tank
a water tight receptacle which receives the discharge of
a plumbing system
- Drainage system
drainage pipe of a plumbing system which take the waste
water from the building and deliver it to the sewer
- Indirect waste pipe
a waste pipe which that does not connected directly to the
building drainage
- Receptor
approved plumbing fixture to receive discharge from indirect
waste pipes
- Special waste
requires special methods of handling
- Seal
vertical distance bet. The dip and the crown weir of
a trap
- Trap
a fitting or device constructed to prevent the passage of air and
gas
- Trap arm
distance bet. The trap and the vent stack
- Trap seal / Water seal
maximum vertical depth of liquid that a trap will retain
- Catch Basin
a receptacle in which liquids are retained to deposit
settleable materials
- Downspout
the vertical portion of a rain water conductor
- Leader or Conductor
from the building gutter to downpspout
- House storm sewer
the pipeline from the building to the public storm sewer
- Flashing
a piece of sheet metal fitted under another piece of flat metal
or wood over which is expected to run
- Storm water
that portion of a rainfall or other precipitation which is
over the surface
GENERAL REGULATIONS

SECTION 301 DISPOSAL OF WASTE WATER

- disposal of waste on any place is prohibited

SECTION 302 GRADE OF HORIZONTAL DRAINAGE PIPING

- Slope
20mm per meter or 2% less than 102 mm dia.
*Exceptions
a.excessive depth of the proposed drainage line
b.structural / geological features of terrain
c. existing adverse in arrangement of building or structures
Note
10 mm per meter or 1% slope of 102 mm or larger

SECTION 303 CHANGES IN DIRECTION OF DRAINAGE FLOW

- 1/16 bend or 22.5 degrees
- 1/8 bend or 45 degrees
- 1/6 bend or 60 degrees

SECTION 303.2
*HORIZONTAL to VERTICAL Change of direction
a. Wye combination
b. Double sanitary tee
c. Sanitary tee
d. Combination wye and 1/8 bend

SECTION 303.3
*HORIZONTAL to HORIZONTAL
a. 45 wye branch
b. Combination wye and 1/8 branch

SECTION 303.4
*VERTICAL to HORIZONTAL
a. 45 branches
Long sweep 60
Offset
b. Combination wye and 1/8 branch

SECTION 304 CONNECTIONS TO PIPING SYSTEMS REQUIRED

- all plumbing fixtures must connected properly to the
drainage system

SECTION 305 SEWER REQUIRED

- mandatory building sewer connection to public sewer
- provision of septic tank, when public sewer is
not available ( 62 meters distance from the public sewer )
SECTION 306 DAMAGE TO DRAINAGE or SEWER SYSTEM
- deposit of any person that could damage the system is prohibited
- Rain water for Storm sewer
- Soil and Waste Pipe for Public or Sanitary sewer

Note
*Septic Tank for House (watertight)
*STP for Condominium

SECTION 307 INDUSTRIAL WASTE

- Industrial Waste
shall be treated
shall not be discharged into ground or any waterway

SECTION 308 LOCATION

- No plumbing system located on another lots other than the
lot of the building served

SECTION 309 IMPROPER LOCATION

- Interference with the normal operation

SECTION 310 WORKMANSHIP

- Accepted Engineering practices
- Do not conceal cracks or holes and imperfections
- Burped ends of all pipes and tubings shall be "REAMED"

SECTION 311 PROHIBITED FITTINGS and PRACTICES

- Prohibited fittings (Venting)
* Double Hub Fitting
* Single or Double Tee Branch
* Single or Double Tapped Tee Branch
* Side Inlet quarter bend
* Running thread
* Band or Saddle

- Jointing of Hubless pipes - Neoprene Gasket

- No drainage or vent - drilled and tapped
- No Cast iron soil pipe - threaded
- No waste connection shall be made to a Closet Bend
or Stub of a water closet
- No Vent pipe shall be used as a Soil or Waste pipe - Vice Versa
- No Single drainage and Venting system that has no vent
- No piping connections that Retards/obstructs flow of air, water
and sewage
- enlargement of closet bend or stub from 72 mm to 102 mm diameter
shall not be considered Obstruction
- Gate and Check valves should have an Accessible connection
- Valves, Pipes and Fittings shall be installed related to the direction of
flow

SECTION 312 INDEPENDENT SYSTEM

- Provision of independet connection with a private or public sewer

SECTION 313 REPAIRS AND ALTERATION

- Notification of the owner to the admin whenever there are
necessary changes to conform
- All openings in drainage and vent systems shall be permanently
Capped or Plugged

SECTION 314 PROTECTION of PIPING, MATERIALS and STRUCTURES

- piping should be protected from breakage by
Embedded metal pipe sleeves
- pipe protection for external corrosion by
Polyethylene sheath
- void between pipe and sleeves shall be sealed with
Bitumen
- no pipe shall be directy embedded in concrete and masonry
- no structural member shall be weakened
- Trenches deeper than footing and parallel to it must be
45 degrees
*Zone of Effluence line 45 degrees
- Building sewer installation should be between
0.3 meters and 0.6 meters below the finish ground surface
- pipe protection subject to undue corrosion, erosion
or mechanical damage
*inside lining
*outside coating
*proper bedding
*top shielding with concrete blocks

SECTION 315 HANGERS and SUPPORTS

- Vertical Piping
*Types Supports
a. Cast iron soil pipe every Storey
b. Screwed pipe at every other Storey Height
c.Copper Tubing 3 meters on centers
every Storey
d. Lead pipe 1.2 meters with vertical backup
e. Plastic pipe 1.0 meter interval
- Horiztontal Piping
*Types Supports
a Supports @ sufficiently close intervals to keep them in
alignment and prevent sagging

b. Cast iron soil pipes

1. where joint occurs 1.5 meters
2. when pipe exceeding 3.0 meters
1.5 meters length
*supports @ 0.45 meters for Hub or Joint
3.Hubless or Compression every other joint
Gasket Joints
4. When developed length each joint
exceed 1.2 meters
5. Each horizontal branch connection
6. Suspended lines

c. Screwed pipe
*19 mm and smaller 3.0 meters
*25 mm and larger 3.6 meters

d. Copper tubing
*38 mm and smaller 1.8 meters
*51 mm and larger 3.0 meters

e. Lead pipe entire length

f. Piping in ground firm bed for entire length
concrete cradle support
g.Plastic tube
*38 mm and smaller stiff metal or wood backing
*51 mm and larger metal hangers

- Hangers and Anchors

sufficient strength
piping shall be adequtely anchored or supported

SECTION 316 TRENCHING, EXCAVATION and BACKFILL

- tunnels shall have a clear height of 0.60 meters above the pipe ,
*minimum length 1/2 depth of the trench
*maximum length 2.4 meters
- when driven, drive pipe is atleast one pipe size larger
than the pipe t o be laid
- Open Trenches
shall be backfilled in the layers 0.30 meters above the
top of the pipe
PLUMBING FIXTURES

SECTION 401 MATERIALS GENERAL REQUIREMENTS

- Quality of fixtures
should be Dense, Durable and Non Absorbent
should also have Smooth and Impervious Surfaces
- Porcelain Enamel Surfaces
acid resistant
- Water Closet (public)
elongated type

SECTION 402 MATERIALS - ALTERNATIVES

- Special use fixtures
Soapstone , Chemical stoneware lined with Lead, Copper
base alloy, Nicker copper alloy, Corrosion resisting steel
- Restaurant Kitchen Sinks
G.I. #16 U.S. B & S or 16mm thick

SECTION 403 OVERFLOWS

- overflow outlet waste
arranged so that the standing water inside the fixture cannot
rise inside the overflow way
- overflow pipe
shall be connected to the inlet side of the fixture trap
- Water closet or Urinal flash
shall discharge into the bowl served

SECTION 404 STRAINERS AND CONNECTIONS

- Strainers
sum of all the areas of the perforations of the strainer
is equal to the equivalent outlet area
- Connections
*slip joint - access panel or utility atleast 0.3 meter
Seamless drawn brass not less than
G.I. #20 B & S or 0.8 mm thick
Tailpiece, continuous waste or overflow shall
*not less than 38 mm O.D Sinks, Dishwashers, Laundry, Tubs
Bathtubs and Urinals
*not less than 32 mm O.D. Lavatories and Drinking Fountains

Note
Brass or Copper shall not be used for Urinal Tailpiece
or Trap
SECTION 405 PROHIBITED FIXTURES
- Water Closet (prohibited)
inivisible seals, unventilate space and having walls
which are not thoroughly washed at each discharge
- Drinking Fountain
shall not be installed on Public toilet Rooms
- Fixed wooden, Concrete, Tile, WASH TRAYS or SINKS
shall not be installed on buildings for human habitation

SECTION 406 SPECIAL FIXTURES AND SPECIALTIES

- Water Connections on all special fixtures shall be protected from
Back Siphonage
- Waste Water drain for "SACRARIUM" shall be discharge direct to the
ground
SACRARIUM length 346 mm
width 286 mm
height 152 mm

- Approved by admin authority

SECTION 407 INSTALLATION

- Cleaning
0.30 meters - distance of water closet to wall for easy access
on repair and cleaning
- Joints
joint bet. Fixture and wall shall be WATERTIGHT
- Screwing Fixtures
Screws and Expansion bolts - Corrosion resistant
- Wall hung fixtures
shall be supported by Metal Supporting Members
- Setting Wall Fixtures
*urinal 0.30 m 0.60 m min.
*water Closet 0.375 m 0.75 m min.
- Supply Fittings
shall be installed to prevent backflow

SECTION 408 URINALS

- Automatic Flashing Tanks
for flashing more than 1 (one) urinals
- Flushometer Valves
manually controlled flushometer valve shall be used for flashing
1 (one) urinal only

SECTION 409 FLOOR DRAINS AND SHOWER STALLS

- Floor Drain
considered plumbing fixtures
- Shower receptor
must be made of Vitrified China or Earthenware, Ceramic
tile, Porcelain-enameled metal
- Shower receptor of an approved type to have a DAM, CURB
or THRESHOLD which is 25.4 mm (1") lower than outside floor
- Dam or Threshold
depth 51 mm to 228 mm (2' to 9")
slope 2% to 4%
width 559 mm wide door (min.)

Note
The minimum distance bet.the Door or Entry to the drain
opening is 1.2 meters
- Shower Compartments
Area 0.6 m2 (min.)
Encompassing Circle 762 mm diameter
height 1.78 meters (min.)
- Floors of public rooms
shall be non skid surface
- Gutters in public or gang showers shall have pounded corners and
a slope of 2% towards the drain
- Drain in gutters shall be spaced not more than 4.9 meters
- Maximum Temperature of Hot Water
48.48 degrees celsius
- Lead and Copper Sub pan Linings
*materials 6 kgs.of asphalt felt
*unit weight not less than 19.6 kg/m3
*thickness for copper Gauge #24 B&S or 0.5 mm thick
pans
- Joints
Lead pans burned
Copper pans soldered or brazed

SECTION 410 PLUMBIING FIXTURE REQUIRED

- as prescribed by the National Building Code

SECTION 411 WHIRLPOOL BATHTUB

- Requirements
*removable panel for access to the pump
*Circulation pump location should be above the crown weir
*Pump and Circulation piping shall be Self Draining
* Suction fitting should by approved on the listed standards
INSPECTION AND TEST

SECTION 501 INSPECTION AND TESTING

- Scope
in accordance to the approved plans and specifications
- Advance Notice
3 days before the works is inspected
- Responsibility
permit holder will provide all testing needs
- Retesting
corrections shall be made and will submit another test for
inspection
- Test
with the presence of the administrative authority
- Corrections
possible corrections will be written by the administrative
authority and wil be given to the permit holder
- Approval
certificate of approval will be given after completion and final
test
- Covering or Use
no system shall be covered prior to approval of the admin
- Uncovering
uncovered all covered plumbing prior to inspection and testing

*SECTION 501.2
Testing
use of Air or Water
*Water Test
Entire system - filled with water until to the point of overflorw
Section System - all opening shall be closed or plugged except
the highest opening and shall be tested not less than
3 meter head of water and will be kept at least 15 minutes
Note
The system shall be tight at all joints.

*Air Test
attaching an Air Compressor Testing apparatus
air is force to a uniform Gauge pressure of 34.5 kpa or
an equivalent 254 mm in mercury height for a period of
15 minutes

Note
Air Test 34.5 kpa
Water Test 344.5 kpa
 * Building Sewer Test
shall be water tight at all points

* Water Piping
a 344.5 kpa of air pressure can be subtituted for water test
for a period of 15 minutes

*Defective Systems
Air test shall be used in testing the tightness condition of the
drainage and plumbing system

*Moved Structures
in case there is movement of prescribed work, it shall undergo
a new test

*Protectively Coated pipe

*Test for Shower Receptors
Shall be tested for tightness by filling the water to the level of
the Threshold

SECTION 502 MAINTENANCE

- Maintaining the plumbing system in a Safe Sanitary Condition

SECTION 503
- No change in any portion of plumbing system when it was installed
and maintained already

SECTION 504 HEALTH AND SAFETY

- To eliminate Nuisance
WATER SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION

SECTION 601 RUNNING WATER REQUIRED

- Adequate supply of potable water
Note
Left side Hot Water
Right Side Cold Water

SECTION 602 UNLAWFUL CONNECTIONS

- No possible connection for entering of Unused, unclean, polluted or
contaminated water, mixtures or substance to enter such piping
- Provision of Approved Backflow Prevention Device
- Avoid cross connections
- Approved by administrative authority

SECTION 603 CROSS CONNECTION CONTROL

- Backflow Prevention Device Assembly
*Air Gap
unobstructed vertical distance thru free atmosphere bet.
the lowest opening to the flood level rim of any fixture
(for POTABLE Water)

*Atmospheric Vacuum Breaker

1 body
1 Checking member
1 atmospheric opening

*Double Check Valve Backflow Prevention

2 Check valves
4 Stop Cocks
2 Gate valves

*Pressure Vacuum breaker

1 Air inlet valve
1 check valve
2 stop cocks
2 Gate Valves

*Reduced Pressure Backflow Preventiom

2 check valves
1 Pressure relief valve
4 stop cocks
2 gate valve

- GENERAL REQUIREMENTS
* must have a Backflow prevention assemby tested by a Certified
Backflow Assembly Tester atleast once a year
 * Access and Clearance 305 mm (min.)
bet.assembly and grade floor
* Installations above 1.52 meters requires platform
* Minimum Air Gap for Potable Water 25mm or 1"
* connection may be made to the inlet side of a trap provided an
approved AVB installed not less than 152 mm above the Flood
Level Rim of the fixture
* Backflow prevention for hot water of 43.3 degrees celsius or higher
shall be an approved listed type

- SPECIFIC REQUIREMENT
* Water Closet and Urinal (Flushometer valves)
AVB Critical level atleast 152 mm

* Water Closet and Urinal (Ball Cock)

Critical Level at least 25 mm above the full opening of
the overflow pipe

* Water Closet Flushometer tanks

shall be protected against backflow

* Potable water shall be separated from the fluids and gases by a

minimum of TWO SEPARATE WALLS with a positive vented leak
detection path

* Inlets to Tanks, Vat, Sumps, Swimming pools and Receptors

shall be protected by an Approved AVB wit a critical level
of not less than 152 mm

* Lawn sprinkling system shall be equipped with AVB installed on the

discharge side of each of the last shut off valve

* Potable Water outlets

AVB shall at least 152 mm above the ground

* Water Cooled Equipment

water cooled compressors, degreasers shall be equipped
with backflow preventer

*Water inlets to water supplied aspirators

AVB mounted atleast 152 mm above the aspirator unit

*Potable Water, Potable Water for Carbonators

shall be protected by Backflow preventiom

* No backflow preventers shall not be located in any area containing

fumes that are TOXIC, POISONOUS and CORROSIVE
SECTION 604 MATERIALS
- Water Pressure Pipes
brass, copper, Centrifugal cast iron, B&S and F&F ends, Ductile cast
iron, Galvanized wrought iron, Galvanized steel, PE and PVC
- Hot and cold water distribution systems
cPVC water pipe and tubing
- Cast Iron Fittings
when 51 mm (2") or smaller when in used in potable water
piping shall be "galvanized"
Read
Water pipes and fittings with a lead content that exceed
8% shall be prohibited and not used in potable piping system

SECTION 605 VALVES

- Materials
51 mm or smaller Brass
over 51 mm Cast Iron or Brass Bodies
shall be on a full way type with working parts on non corrosive
materials
- Shut-off Valve
shall be accessible at all times
shall be installed near the tank or on the discharge piping
from water supply tanks
shall be installed on dwelling occupied by more than family

*each Apartment - ONE (1) shut off valve

*each Fixture - individual shut off valve

GATE VALVE - WATER METER - CHECK VALVE

- Fullway Gate Valve

valve used to control 2 or more openings

SECTION 606 GRAVITY SUPPLY TANKS

- elevated or gravity stroge tanks shall be covered
- The cover of tank shall be vented with a Return bend - Vent pipe
having the same area of the Downfeed riser pipe
*it shall be screened with a Fine Corrosion Resistant Screen
with opening not less than 14 nor more than 18 mess
per 25 mm
- Control for Potable inlets for Gravity tanks to prevent Overflowing
*Float Valve
*Float Switch
*Electrode Type Water Level Control
- Gravity tank shall be provided with Valved Drain pipe and Overflow
Pipe Screened
SECTION 607 WATER PRESSURE, PRESSURE REGULATOR, and
PRESSURE RELIEF VALVES
- Iandequate Water Pressure
Main source of Water supply =103 kPA
*if not provided , a Hydro Pnuematic Pressure Tank or an
elevated tank and booster pump will be used

- Excessive Water Pressure

when pressure exceeds 551 kpa, a pressure regulator is used
*approved regulators with Integral bypasses are acceptable
*all pipe size determination shall be based on 80% of the
Reduced pressure
* Pressure Regulating Device
Storage water heating equipment shall have a pressure relief
valve
-Exceptions: having an inside diameter of not more than
76 mm

Read
Each PRV shall be an approved automatic type with drain and each
such relief valve shall be set at a pressure not more than 1033 kpa
*end of the pipe should be 152 mm to 0.60 m above the ground
and pointing downward, and it shall not be THREADED or CAPPED

SECTION 608 INSTALLATION, INSPECTION and TESTING

- Installation
* Burred end shall be reamed
* all water piping shall be atleast 0.30 m below the ground
* bottom of all water pipe shall be atleast 0.30 m above the sewer line
* minimum clear horizontal distance bet. The shelf and drain shall be
atleast 0.30 m
* water pipes made of clay shall be laid a minimum of 0.30m above
the sewer or drain line
** Ferrous Piping
shall have an outside protective coating (field bitumastic
and Fielding)
** Plastic Pipes abd Tubes
need not to be wrapped for rust proofing

Note
Copper Tubing
*Joints Brazed
*Fittings Wrought Copper
*Bitumastic Coating and External Protection
Fiberglass Wrapping
*Split Rigid Casing Underground
- Inspection
shall not be concealed or covered when not tested
- Testing
shall be tested and approved
- Unions
installed within 0.3 meters away from Regulating Equipment,
Water heater, Conditioning Equipment which require removal

SECTION 609 SIZES OF POTABLE WATER PIPING

- Water Meter and Immediate Piping
Based on TOTAL WATER DEMAND
- Backflow Prevention Device
shall be included in pressure loss calculations
- Maximum Rated Flow and Pressure Loss
shall be stamped legibly on the device

Remember
The quantity of water required to be supplied to every plumbing
fixture shall be represented by FIXTURE UNITS

- Water Piping Installation

*Sizing
** Total number of FIXTURE UNITs
** Developed length of Supply pipe from Water meter
to the most Remote Outlet
** Difference in elevation bet.the Water Meter to the
Highest Fixture
** Water pressure in the street main
** Minimum Pressure available
- Size of Water Meter and Building Supply Pipe
(Table 6-6)

Remember
Water Service Pipe = 19 mm diameter (min.)

1 Psi = 6.895 kPA

- Size of Branches
designed by Taking the Total length of the Supply Piping from
the source of cold water to water heater to the most remote hot water
outlet and assessing the flow values of 75% of the Cold and Hot Water
Demand
- Water Conservation
- Piping installed in Fire Resistive Protection
- Hangers and Supports
*Abrasion
hangers and straps shall not compress, distort, cut, or abrade
the piping and allow free movement of pipe

*Supports
**End of Branches and 4' or 1.219 meters
Change of Directions
** allows free movement but restrict upward movement of
lateral runs to avoid reverse grade
** vertical piping each storey or floor level
** alignment of vertical piping mid storey guide
** trap arms in excess of 3' or 0.914mm
** Closet rings fastened with 1/4" or 6.4 mm above finish
Corrosive resistant fasteners floor

SECTION 614
- Thrust Blocking
*Installations
a.Changes of Directions - Tees and Bends
b. Changes in Sizes - Reducers
c. Stops - Dead ends
d. Valves

*thrust block sizes will be based on

a. Maximum line pressure
b. Pipe size
c. Kind of soil
EXCRETA DRAINAGE SYSTEM

SECTION 701 MATERIALS

- Materials
a. Cast Iron
b. Ductile Iron
c. Galvanized steel
d. Galvanized wrought iron steel
e. Lead
f. Copper
g. Brass
h. Series 100 PVC - DWV
i. Extra strength Vitrified Clay pipe

Things to Remember
*No galvanized wrought iron or Galvanized steel pipe shall be
used underground, it shall be laid 152 mm above ground
*ABS and PVC DWV piping - used in High Rise Buildings
*No Vitrified Clay pipes or fittings for building drain or sewer,
shall be used ABOVE GROUND or when pipe is Pressurized by a pump or ejector
and shall be laid at least 0.30 meter the ground level
*Drainage fittings shall be the same diamter as the pipes it serve
and compatible with it

- Fittings on Screwed pipe joints shall be Recessed Drainage type

*Burred ends shall be reamed
- Threads of drainage fitting shall be Tapped to allow 2% or 20mm/m slope
*8 threads

SECTION 702 FIXTURE UNIT EQUIVALENT

- Maximum Trap Loading
Table 7-1
Pipe size Fixture Units
32 mm 1
38 mm 3
51 mm 4
76mm 6
102 mm 8

- Size of Drainage Piping

The minimum size of Vertical or Horizontal drainage pipings
will base on the TOTAL FIXTURES UNITS connected thereto.
* for continuous flow,
2 F.U. shall allowed for 0.063 L/s of flow
0.063 L/s = 1 Gal/m
SECTION 704 FIXTURE CONNECTIONS (EXCRETA DRAINAGE)
- Two fixtures set side by side or back to back with in the distance allowed
by a trap and its vent, may be served by a SINGLE VERTICAL DRAINAGE PIPE

SECTION 705 CHANGES IN THE DIRECTION OF FLOW

EXCRETA DRAINAGE FLOW
- Change of Direction for Drainage
a. 1/16 bend or 22.5 degrees
b. 1/8 bend or 45 degrees
c. 1/6 bend or 60 degrees

- Horizontal to Vertical Change of Direction

a. 45 or 60 degrees Wye branch
b. Double Sanitary Tee - may be used when the barrel of the fitting
is atleast 2 pipe size larger than largest inlet

- Horizontal Drainage Lines

connecting to horizontal drainage line shall connect to a
45 degrees wye branch, combination wye and 1/8 bend

- Vertical Drainage Lines

connecting with horizontal lines shall enter through a
45 or 60 degrees branch, or offsets may be used only when installed
in a True Vertical Position

SECTION 706 CLEAN OUTS

- Provision of Horizontal Drainage pipe shall be provided with a Clean out
at its upper material
*15 meter length - Maximum distance
Table 7-4
Pipe Size C.O. Size Threads per 25.4 mm
38 mm 38 11.5
51 mm 38 11.5
64 mm 64 8
76 mm 64 8
102 mm or
89 8
larger

Exceptions
a. CO may be ommitted when Horizontal drain line is less than
1.5 meters unless serving a Sink or a Urinal
b. CO may be ommitted on a short horizontal drainage pipe installed
at a slope of 72 degrees or less from the vertical line (1/5 bend)
c. An approved two way CO fitting can be installed bet.the Building sewer
or Building drain
d. Additional CO provision exceeding a 135 degree offset angle of direction
 e. Each CO shall be installed that it opens on the direction of flow
or at a right angles there to
f. Each CO extension shall be considered as drainage and 90 degrees
CO extension shall be extended from a wye branch
g. CO shall be outside of the interceptor
h. CO installed with cover plate shall be above Grade
i. CO installed on 51 mm piping or less shall have a clearance of 305 mm
in front of CO
*Piping Clearance
51 mm or less 305 mm
larger than 51 mm 450 mm
underground piping 450 mm vertical
750 mm horizontal (wall)

j. No underfloor CO shall be located more than 6.1 meters from any

access
k. CO fittings shall not be less than in size in Table 7.6
l. CO shall be provided for Pressure Drainage Systems
m. Countersunk CO shall not be installed to be a hazard
n. When a hubless pipe plug is used for CO, the coupling and plug
shall be accessible

SECTION 707 GRADE OR HORIZONTAL EXCRETA DRAINAGE PIPING

- Standard Slope of drain pipes
20 mm/m or 2%
Note
If it is impractical due to the depth or length of pipe to obtain
20mm/m or 2%
102 mm pipe diameter or larger can have a slope of not less than
10 mm/m or 1%

SECTION 708 GRAVITY DRAINAGE REQUIRED

- All plumbing fixture shall be drained into the public or private sewage disposal
system by GRAVITY

SECTION 709 DRAINAGE OF FIXTURES (BELOW THE UPSTREAM MANHOLE or

BELOW THE MAIN SEWER LEVEL)
- Drainage piping shall be protected of backflow
- Drainage piping below the crown level of the main sewer shall be discharged
into an Approved Watertight Sump tank
- Minimum Discharge Pipe =50.8 mm diameter
for water closet connection
- Vertical discharge line from pump shall be provided with a CV and GV close to
the horizontal line
- Drain shall be adequately sized to prevent overloading
2 F.U. = 0.06 L/s of flow
- Mechanical devices shall be accessible and must be protected by
a water tight masonry pit with cover
- drainage and venting shall be installed under this code
- Sumps and water tanks shall be constructed by an approved materials
- All water tanks for public use shall have pumps incase of failure for overload
*the invert of the lowest inlet to the tank shall have a min. distance of
51mm or 2" above the highest water starting level
- Tank covers shall be Bolted and Gasket type
*vent is required and shall extend thru roof
*no vent from an air opening sewage shall connect to other vents
- Air Tanks maintained pressure shall not be less than 3kg for each meter of
height of the sewage when raised
*no water operated ejector shall be permitted
- Subsoil drainage shall dishcharged on an approved receiving tanks

SECTION 710 SUDS RELIEF ( Bula)

- No connection of suds relief fixture within 2.4 meters of any vertical to
horizontal change of direction
*Suds producing Fixture
a. Bath tubs
b. Laundries
c. Washing Machine
d. Kitchen sinks
e. Dishwashers
Exceptions
1. single family residences
2. 3 Storey of Plumbing Fixtures (stacks)
INDIRECT WASTE PIPING, WET VENTED SYSTEMS and SPECIAL WASTE

SECTION 801 INDIRECT WASTE CONDITIONS

- No evaporative cooler, air washer drain's shall not be directly connected
to any soil or vent or waste pipe
* it should be drained thru an indirect waste pipe, discharge through
an AIR BREAK into a receptor and connected to the drainage
* food equipment shall be separated from the drainage system
by the use of a FULL AIR GAP
Air Gap for Drainage shall not be less than 1" or 25 mm

Note
*Air Gap (Potable) = 25 mm or 1" or twice the diameter of the
inlet pipe (min.)
*Air Break (Waste)

SECTION 802 APPROVAL

- shall be approved by the administrative authority

SECTION 803 INDIRECT WASTE PIPING

- All piping sizes and installations shall be in accordance with this code
- No vent from the indirect waste piping shall combined to any vent
- Indirect waste pipe exceeding 1.5 m but not less than 4.6 m length
shall be TRAPPED, but need not to be vented
- Indirect waste pipe less than 4.6 m, pipe size need not to be larger than drain
outlet or tailpiece but not less than 13mm in diameter
- Angles and Changes of Directions on indirection waste pipe shall be provided
Clean outs

SECTION 804 INDIRECT WASTE RECEPTORS

- Stand pipe receptor for Clothes washer
0.80 m to 0.45 m (above its trap)
Traps for stand pipe receptor for clothes washer
0.15 m to 0.45 m (above ground)
* an approved type of waste disposal shall be provided
* BEE HIVE strainer shall be provided

SECTION 805 PRESSURE DRAINAGE CONNECTION

- Drains, overflow and relief vents for water supply system shall be provided
and no wastes pipes shall not be directly connected to the
drainage system

SECTION 806 STERILE EQUIPMENT

- Shall be drained to an Air Gap

SECTION 807 APPLIANCES

- Shall be drained to an indirect waste pipes discharging into open receptors
- No domestic washing machine shall be directly connected without an
approved Dishwasher Air gap fitting on the discharge side

SECTION 808 COOLING WATER

- Trap connection shall be by means of pipe connected to the inlet side
and not less than 152 mm above the overflow rim of the fixture

SECTION 809 DRINKING FOUNTAINS

- It shall be installed with indirect waste pipes

SECTION 810 STEAM and HOT WATER DRAINAGE CONDENSES

and SUMPS
- No steam pipe or any water having 60 degree celsius shall directly connected
to the plumbing or drainage system
- All interceptors and tanks shall have a wall of not less than 104 mm thickness
and inside shoud have a plastering of not less than 13 mm
- Condensers constructed with metal
G.I. Gauge # 12 B & S or 2.77 mm thick
- Sumps and boilers shall have an access for cleaning and a volume of not
less than twice the volume of water removed from the boilers

SECTION 811 CHEMICAL WASTES

- all chemical wastes shall be pretreated
- Pre treatment facilities shall be approved by administrative authority
- Material used on piping shall be Chemical Resistant glass lined pipe, High
silicon iron lead pipe not less than 32 mm wall thickness
- All jointing materials shall be approved
- All piping shall be readily accessible
- Owner shall keep the location of piping of chemical waste
- No chemical vent be connected to other vents
- No chemical wastes shall be discharged to the ground

SECTION 812 VERTICAL WET PIPING

- Wet Venting is limited to Trap arm receiving 1 to 2 Fixture units
- Fixture that serves as a Vent shall not exceed up to 4 Fixtures
- Vertical piping of two (2) consecutive inlet levels is considered wet vented sec.
- Wet vented section shall have a minimum of one (1) pipe size larger
than the upper fixture or one (1) pipe size larger than the sum of
the fixture unit
- Common vent sizing shall be the sum of the fixture unit served

SECTION 813 SPECIAL VENTING FOR ISLAND FIXTURES

- Traps for island sink shall be vented as high as possible, but not less than
the drain board height
- Return vent shall be connected to the horizontal drain thru a wye branch
- Critical level is 152 mm above the highest flood level rim of the fixture
- Vent line slope of not less than 20mm/m or 2% towards the drain
- Return bend under drain shall be a one piece fitting or an assembly of 45
degree elbow
- Island sink drain shall serve no other fixture
- provision of accessible clean outs on vertical portion of the foot vents

SECTION 814 COMBINATION WASTE AND VENT SYSTEM

- CW and VS shall be provided with a Vent
- Any branch more than 4.6 meter shall be separately vented
- Minimum area of CW an VS shall be atleast 50% or 1/2 of the drain it served
- Vent connection shall be downstream of the uppermost fixture
- Waste pipe and each trap shall be equal to two (2) pipe size
larger than required
- No vertical waste pipe shall be used in any CW and VS except the Tailpiece,
and shall not be greater than 0.60 meters in length
- CO not required when the tailpiece is less than 51 mm diameter
- Provision of accessible CO

SECTION 815 DIRECT WASTE TO GROUND

- Sacrarium - shall not be disposed directly to the ground
length 346 mm
width 286 mm
height 152 mm

SECTION 816 CLEAR WATER WASTES

- Water lilts, expansion tanks, cooling sachets, sprinkler systems, drip and
overflow fans
shall discharge thru an indirect waste by means of an Air gap

SECTION 817 SWIMMING POOLS

- Pump discharge shall be installed as Indirect waste

SECTION 818 REFRIGERATION WASTES

- Minimum
1 inlet serving not more than 2.8m3
32 mm
refrigeration wastes
4-12m3, 32mm inlets or the equivalent
51mm
refrigeration wastes
13-36m3, 32mm inlets or the equivalent
76mm
refrigeration wastes

SECTION 819 AIR CONDITIONING EQUIPMENT

- shall be drain by means of an indirect waste pipe
*Point of Discharge
**Air Gap or Air Break
a. a properly trapped receptor
b. other point of discharge acceptable to the administrative
authority
1. dry wells
2. Leaching pits
3. Tailpiece of plumbing fixtures
VENTS AND VENTING

SECTION 901 VENTS REQUIRED

- Fixture trap shall be protected against Siphonage and Back pressure
- Provision of vent pipes

SECTION 902 VENTS NOT REQUIRED

- Vent pipe may be omitted when an interceptor acts as a primary settling
tank and discharge thru a horizontal indirect waste pipe on a secondary
receptor
*second receptor shall be properly trapped and vented
- Traps serving sinks shall be discharged by an indirect waste pipe

SECTION 903 MATERIALS

- Materials
a. Cast iron
b. Ductile cast iron
c. Galvanized steel
d. Galvanized wrought iron steel
e. Lead
f. Copper
g. Brass
h. Schedule 40
i. ABS
j. DWV
k. Series 1000
l. PVC
*no galvanized steel or galvanized wrought iron pipe shall be used
underground, and it shall be laid atleast 152 mm above the ground
*Changes in direction of vent piping shall be made on approved fitting
*no such pipe shall be bent or strained
*burred ends shall be reamed

Study this
The length of horizontal portion of a vent may exceed 1/3 of the
Total length of vertical and horizontal portions is limited by Table 7.5,
provided the vent is increased one (1) pipe size larger for it's entire length

SECTION 904 SIZE OF VENTS

- Table 7-5
* The size of Vent piping shall be based on the TOTAL number of FIXTURE UNITS
- Drainage shall be vented by one or more vent pipes, shall not be less than
the required

SECTION 905 VENT PIPE GRADES AND CONNECTIONS

- All horizontal vent pipes shall be free from Drops and Sags, shall be
graded and connected to the drip by gravity
- Vents connected to horizontal drain shall have its invert taken off above the
drainage centerline
- Vents shall be offsetted horizontally 152 mm above the highest flood level rim
- All vent pipe shall extend above the roof, and shoud be increased one (1)
pipe size larger (a.k.a. VSTR)
- Vent pipe opening of a soil or waste pipe shall not be below the trap weir
- Two fixtures may be served by a common vertical vent

SECTION 906 VENT TERMINATION

- Vent stack thru roof extension
*Distance from roof 0.15 m (min.)
*Distance from any 0.30 m (min.)
vertical surface
- Vent opening termination when there is openable access nearby
*Vertical distance 0.90 m (min.)
*Horizontal distance 3.0 m (min.)
- Vent pipe shall be extended 0.15 m from any roof or fire wall
- Vent pipes for outdoor installation
*horizontal distance from 3.0 m (min.)
any part of roof (deck)
*vertical distance from 2.1 m (min.)
any part of roof (deck)
- Joints on vent on the roof shall be made watertight and be protected
with approved flashing material

SECTION 907 VENT STACKS and RELIEF VENT

- For building 10 storeys and higher, Yoke vent is required every 3 to 5 floors
- Diameter of an individual vent shall not be less than 1 1/4" or 32 mm
or less than 1/2 or 50% of the drain it serve
- provision of venting on drainage
TRAPS AND INTERCEPTORS

SECTION 1001 TRAPS REQUIRED

- Each plumbing fixture excreting shall have approved type water seal
- ONE TRAP is to ONE TRAP ARM rule
Fixtures Trap
a. Water closet Integral trap
b. Lavatory P-trap
c. Shower drain/Floor drain P-trap
d. Bath tub Bag trap
Note
One trap can served not more than 3 single compartment laundry
sinks or laundry tubs having same elevation and distances not more than
0.75 m apart

- No food waste disposal unit shall be installed on a Restaurant, Commercial

or Industrial sinks serve by a single trap
*Food waste disposal unit shall connected to a separate trap
Note
No clotheswasher or laundry tub shall be connected to any trap
of a kitchen sink

- Tailpiece shall be as short as possible

0.60 meter maximum

SECTION 1002 TRAPS PROTECTED BY VENT PIPES

- trap vent shall be provided
- Trap Arm Length
shall not be less than 2x (twice) the diameter of the the
trap arm pipe
* CO is not require on trap arm change of direction if does not
exceed 90 degrees
Exception
a. Change of direction not exceeding 22.5 degrees no C.O. required
b. Change of direction greater than 22.5 degrees CO required
* Vent pipe except water closet and urinal shall not be below the
weir of the trap
Trap Arm
Diameter size Distance to vent
32 mm 0.76 m
38 mm 1.07 m
51 mm 1.52 m
76 mm 1.83 m
102 and larger 3.05 m
**with a slope of not less than 20mm/m or 2%
Note
The developed length bet. Closet ring or Closet Flange to the
 inner side of the vent shall not be more than 1.8 m (max.)

- Traps described
Gauge # 17 B&S or 1.1 mm thick can be use as a trap, except fixtures
discharging urine
*traps shall have the name stamp (gauge tubing and
manufacturers name)
*traps shall have a smooth and uniform interior waterway

SECTION 1004 TRAPS PROHIBITED

- Traps Prohibited
a. "S" trap
b. Bell and Crown Vented traps
c. No fixture shall be Double trapped
d. No Drum trap shall be isntalled with out vent

SECTION 1005 TRAP SEALS

- Fixture shall have a
Water Seal = 51mm (2") to 102mm (4") deep
*measured from the dip to the crown weir

SECTION 1006 FLOOR DRAIN TRAPS

- Floor drain shall be connected a trap
- Drain inlet shall be located that it can be Full viewed
- Provision of Backwater valve when subject to reverse flow

SECTION 1007 TRAP SEAL PROTECTION

- Floor drain or similar traps directly connected to the drainage shall be provided
with an Approved Automatic Priming for Water seal maintenance

SECTION 1008 INDUSTRIAL INTERCEPTOR / CLARIFIER

- Interceptors or clarifiers for san shall have a minimum 152 mm deep
water seals
- Location of interceptors shall be relfected on plan

SECTION 1009 SLAUGHTER HOUSE and PARKING ESTABLISHMENTS

- Private sewage disposal system shall be provided with Grease interceptor
for proper disposal of EFLLUENTS

SECTION 1010 MINIMUM REQUIREMENT FOR AUTO WASH RACK

- Wash rack shall be protected against Storm or Surface water
* shall drain into an Interceptor for Oil and Grease separation

SECTION 1011 GREASE TRAP

- Grease trap provision
 Note
Grease trap is not required for individual units or for any
private living quarters
- No grease trap is required having a flow rate of 1.3 L/s to 3.4 L/s
- Any fixture having grease trap shall have a flow control device
Note
The total capacity of fixtures discharging into such any grease trap
shall not exceed 2 1/2 times the certified liters per minute flow rate of the
grease trap
- Grease trap installed with inlet more than 1.2 meters lower than any outlet shall
have a flow rate of not less than 50% of that given in Table 10.2
or more than 4 fixtures connected to it
- Grease trap can be used as an outlet when the distance bet. The outlet
and the trap shall not exceed 1.2 meters or the vertical tail pipe should not
exceed 0.75 meters
- Water seal for grease trap shall not be less than 51 mm or 2"

SECTION 1012 GREASE INTERCEPTOR for COMMERCIAL KITCHENS

Grease trap capacity, # of Grease Retention

Rate of flow (L/min)
fixtures connected Capacity
1 76 18
2 95 23
3 132 32
4 189 45

SECTION 1013 FOOD WASTE DISPOSAL PROHIBITED

- No food waste disposal unit shall be connected to Grease trap or Grease
Interceptor
- Vent pipe shall not be below of the weir trap
- Developed length of the Closet Flanged or Closet ring to the vent pipe
shall not exceed 6' or 1.819 meters
Trap Arm
Diameter size Distance to vent
32 mm 0.76 m
38 mm 1.07 m
51 mm 1.52 m
76 mm 1.83 m
102 and larger 3.05 m

SECTION 1014 TRAPS

- Each trap shall be Self Cleaning
- Materials
a.ABS
b. Cast Brass
c. Cast Iron
 d. Lead
e. PVC
* Gauge # 17 B&S or 1.1 mm thick
*every trap shall have a smooth and uniform waterway
Read
1. No more than 1 approved slip joint fitting may be used on the
outlet side of a trap
2. No tubing trap shall be installed with out a listed Tubing Trap
Adapter

SECTION 1015 LAUNDRIES

- Laundry equipent that does not have "Integral strainers" shall discharge into an
interceptor with a wire basket to prevent passage of 12.7mm or larger in
maximum dimension

SECTION 1016 SAND INTERCEPTORS where REQUIRED

- Provision of Sand interceptor

SECTION 1017 CONSTRUCTION and SIZE

- Inlet and outlet of the pipe shall have a minimum of 76 mm diameter
- The invert of the inlet pipe shall not be lower than the invert of the outlet
*Minimum dimension - 0.2 m2
*Minimum depth - 610 mm (under the invert of the outlet pipe)
- For every 18.9 L/min or 75.7 L/min additional flow, a 0.09m2 increased in the area
of the sand interceptor
- Outlet section = atleast 50% of the area of the inlet section
STORM DRAINAGE SYSTEM

SECTION 1101 GENERAL

- Storm Drainage are required for
a.Roof Areas
b. Courtyard
c. Courts
* to collect stormwater and discharge the storm water to an
approved disposal point

SECTION 1102 RAINWATER SYSTEMS

- Materials
1. Rain water downspouts - Conductor pipings
a. Cast Iron
b. Galvanized steel
c. Iron, Brass, Copper, Lead
d. Schedule 40 ABS
e. DWV
f. Series 1000
g. PVC DWV

2. Rain water downspout - Conductor

a. Not less than Gauge # 26, Galvanized sheet metal
* used in low height building

3. Rain water piping

a. Galvanized iron pipe
b. Schedule 30
c. Cast iron soil pipe
d. S.W.
e. Type DWV copper tube
f. Schedule 40 ABS
g. DWV
h. Series 1000
i. PVC DWV
*used in medium height building, basement area

4. Downspout for High rise buildings

-stronger pipe resist "Hydrostatic Pressure"

5. Rainwater piping commencing 0.60 meters from the exterior of the building
* approved materials

- Connections and Installations

a. Rain water piping shall not be used as vent,soil and waste pipe
b. Rain water piping shall be protected
c. Roof drains, overflow drains, rainwater piping shall be tested
- Roof Drains
*Materials should be made of Cast iron, Copper or any corrosion
resistant material
*shall not be less than 102 mm above the surface of the roof
**Strainers
**Dome type
Minimum total net inlet area = 1 1/2 times of the area
of the outlet pipe
**Roof Deck Strainer
can be a Sun deck or Darking decks and shall be
a Flat surface type
Total net inlet area = not less than 2 times the area
of the outlet pipe
*Interior roof drain shall be made of cast iron and watertight
*Outlet connections shall be inside caulk and female screwed

- Sizing of Rain water piping

a. Rain fall per hour given the roof area in m2
*Manila Area = 102 mm/ hour (rainfall intensity)
b. Vertical wall area
adjacent roof area below
1. One wall - add 50% of area of the wall to the roof area
2. Two adjacent walls - add 35% of the total wall areas to the roof area
3. Two opposite walls (same height) - no additional area to be added
4. Two opposite walls (different height) - add 50% of wall area
above top of lower wall to the roof area
5. Three sides wall - Add 50% of the inner wall below the top of the
lowest wall
- plus allowance for the area of the wall above top of
the lowest wall
6. Four sides - no allowance for wall areas below the top of the
lowest wall
- add for areas above top lowest wall
7. The area of the side of a tall building exposed to rain is taken
as 1/2 of the cross area
HOUSE DRAINS AND HOUSE SEWER

SECTION 1201 SEWER REQUIRED

- Connection to a Public or Private Excreta Sewerage system
- No public sewer -drainage piping shall connect to a private sewage disposal sys.
- mandatory connection to an existing public sewer fronting the lots
- Public sewer is not available 62 meters from any proposed building
- No permit shall be issued for the installation, alteration or repair of any
private sewage disposal system
- Every lot shall be connected with such Public sewer

SECTION 1202 DAMAGE TO PUBLIC SEWER/PRIVATE SEWAGE

DISPOSAL SYSTEM
- Deposition of any material that could damage the disposal system is unlawful
- Rain or surface water shall not be discharged into excreta drainage system
- No Cesspool, Septic tank effluents, Seepage pit or Underdrain system
shall be connected to the excreta building sewer leading to public sewer main
- No food waste grinder shall be connected to disposal system
- Approved Type Watertight Sewage
*Waste water holding tank

SECTION 1203 BUILDING SEWER MATERIALS

- Building Sewer
beginning 0.60 meters from the outside face of the wall

SECTION 1204 MARKINGS

- Approved requirements

SECTION 1205 SIZE OF THE BUILDING SEWER

Table 12-2
- Basis on the total number of fixture units drained by sewer
*Minimum Size of Building sewer = 150 mm or 6"

SECTION 1206 GRADE, SUPPORT and PROTECTION of BUILDING SEWER

- Building Sewers
a. Slope
20mm/m or 2% towards
1. Septic tank
2. Street sewer main
Except
a. Due to the depth of the street sewer
b. Due to structural features conflict
c. Due to adverse arrangement of any building
20mm/m or 2% smaller than 102 mm pipe
10mm/m or 1% 102 mm to 152.4 mm pipe
5mm/m or 5% 204 mm or larger
 b. Shall be laid over Conrete Cradle or Bed
c. Shall be laid 0.60 meters from the building wall, or 0.30 meters below the
finish surface of the ground

SECTION 1207 CLEANOUTS

- CO not required for 3.0 meter length of building sewer from building drain
Note
All required building sewer cleanouts shal be extended to finish grade
- CO shall be installed to allow cleaning on the direction of flow, or at
right angle
- CO under concrete or asphalt shall be made accessible by strong yard boxes
with hinged cover or extending the top cover with counter sunk operating
nut flush
- CO on manhole should be approved by the administrative authority
*Maximum distance of Manhole = 91.0 meters
- Inlet and outlet pipes connection of manhole shall be made by a Flexible
Compression Joints and closer than 0.3 meters
- No flexible compression joint shall be embedded inside the manhole base

SECTION 1208 SEWER AND WATER PIPES

- Bottom of the water pipe at all points shall have atleast 3.0 meters
above the top of the drain line
- The water pipe shall be placed on a solid shelf with horizontal clear
distance atleast 3.0 meters
- Water pipe crossing sewer line shall be laid 3.0 meters above the sewer or drain line
- Water pipe joints shall have a clear distance of 3.0 meters to any sewer line

SECTION 1209 LOCATIONS

SECTION 1210 ABANDONED SEWERS AND SEWAGE DISPOSAL FACILITIES

- Every abandoned sewer line shall be Plugged or Capped 1.50 meters
from the property line
- All abandoned sewerage compartments shall have the sewage removed and
completely filled with Earth, Sand , Gravel, Concrete or approved materials
JOINTS AND CONNECTIONS

SECTION 1301 TIGHTNESS

- Water Test
section shall be tested with 3 meter head of water, and will be kept
within 15 minutes
- Air Test
Uniform pressure gauge of 34.5 kpa or 254 mm of mercury, and will be
kept for a period of 15 minutes
- Building Sewer test
Plugging the ends of the building sewer and completely filling it with
with water from lowest to the highest

- Water piping
a. Water test
testing pressure shall be the Working pressure plus 50% load
b. Air Test
344.5 kpa of air can be substituted for water test

SECTION 1302 TYPE OF JOINTS

- Types
1. Caulked joints
*Bell and Spigot cast iron pipe
*shall be firmly packed wih oakum or hemp and filled with lead
to a depth of not less than 25.4 mm or 1"
*the finish joint shall not extend to 3.2 mm below the rim of the hub
for Cast iron pipe
* Compression joint - using neoprene gasket rubber
*Hubless joint - using elastomeric sealing sleeve and stainless
steel clamp

2. Threaded Joints
*used for Galvanized iron, steel and plastic pipes
*shall be of standard taper pipe thread
* threaded plastic = schedule 80 minimum wall thickness
and shall be factory cut or molded
* pipe joint material shall be applied on male thread
*always used recessed fittings

3. Wired joints
* use for lead pipe and fittings, copper or brass pipe, ferrules, solders
nipples and traps
should not be less than 19mm or atleast same as thick as
the materials joined
Note
Joints between Lead and Cast iron, Steel or Wrought iron shall be
by means of CAULKING FERRULE or SOLDERED NIPPLE
4. Soldered and Wet joints
* flame torch @ 149 to 427 degrees celsius
*use in brass or copper tubings
* shall be properly flux of an approved material
* Solder and Flux with 0.2% lead is prohibited

-Brazing Joint
*similar to soldering, except flame torch starts at 449 degrees C
up to the melting point of the material joined

-Welding
*joining metal in the plastic molten state

5 Compression Fittings
a. Standard fittings - fires a ferrule against the tube
b. Flare fittings - used for copper tubings
-tubing expanded with a flaring tool

6. Cement Mortart Joints

*used for Concrete pipes
*it is prohibited on new construction, and only allowable for repair
and connection to the existing lines
* using compression elastomeric materials

-Elastomeric Gasket Joint

* "O-RING"

7. Burned Lead joints

*used for lead pipes
* weld shall be as thick as the lead pipe joined

8. Asbestos Cement Sewer pipe

* using of coupling and sealed with neoprene rubber rings

9. Packing Additives prohibited

* used of leaking sealing additives is prohibited

10. Flexible Compression Factory Fabricated joints

* aprroved standards

11. Solvent Cement Plastic Joints

* fusing plastic and fittings using Adhesive
* IAPMO standard installation approved

12. Mechanical Joints

*shall be approved on joining centrifugal cast iron
 13. Molded Rubber Coupling Joints
* Neoprene rubber bushing shall be used to allow any difference
in piping material diameters
*Neoprene rubber shall be used on pipes subject to oil

14. Elastomeric Gasketed Joints and Rubber ring joints

* IAPMO Standard

15. Brazing and Welding

16. Pressure Lock type Connection

* inserting the pipe to a certain depth

17. Shielded Coupling joints

18. Hubless Cast iron pipe joints

SECTION 1303 USE OF JOINTS

- Clay Sewer pipe
* Neoprene gasket for hub and spigot joints
- Cast Iron pipe
- Screwed pipe to cast iron pipe
* either caulked or threaded joints
- Lead to Cast iron,wrought iron or steel
* shall be made by a wired joints to caulking ferrule, soldered
nipple or bushing
- Copper Water Tube
* brass fittings properly soldered and brazed
- Plastic Fittings
* use of fabricated female screw is prohibited
* minimum of schedule 80 wall thickness

SECTION 1304 SPECIAL JOINTS

- Copper tubing to Screw pipe joints
* used of brass adaptor fittings and shall be properly sweated
or soldered
- Slip Joints
* used of compression nut, compression washer and friction ring
- Expansion joints
* joints shall be free and accessible
- Unions
- Ground joint, flared or ferrule connections
* shall not be considered slip joints
- Plastic pipe connections to other materials
* used of approved types of fittings and adapters
SECTION 1305 FLANGED FIXTURE CONNECTIONS
- Connection shall be bolted with rust proofed materials and with an approved
gasket, washer or setting compound bet. The earthware and the connection
- shall be set at firm base
- Closet bends or stubs must be cut off square
- Gasket material shall be Grpahite impegnated asbestos felt

SECTION 1306 PROHIBITED JOINTS AND CONNECTIONS

- Obstruction of flow thru the drain is prohibited
- The enlargement of a closet bend or stub from 76mm to 102 mm is not an
Obstruction
QUALITY AND WEIGHTS OF MATERIALS, PLUMBING MATERIALS
AND REFERENCE STANDARD

MINIMUM STANDARDS
- shall be labelled and listed
- markings shall be done in the factory not in the field

*Iron pipe Size

a. Iron c. Brass
b. Steel d. Copper pipes
* Used of copper tubings
a. Shall not be carrying chemical and acid wastes
b. Copper tube for water shall have a weight of not less than
type "L"
c. Coloured stripes for marking shall be at least 6.4mm widht
**Types
"K" green
"L" blue
"M" red
"DWV" yellow

*Lead
a. For Safe Pans = not less than 19.56 kg/m3 and 1.6 mm thick
b. For Flashings or Vent terminals = not less than 14.63 kg/m3 and
1.2 mm thick
c. Lead bends and traps shall not be less than 3.2mm in wall thickness

* Ferrules and Bushings

a.Caulking ferrule shall not be of red cast brass, Bronze or copper
b. Soldering nipples and bushings shall not be of brass, copper
or heavy cast red brass

* Closet rings (Closet Flanges)

a. Shall be 178 mm diameter and have a 38 mm wide flange
b. Caulked on closet rings shall not be less than 6.4 mm thick and
not less than 51 mm in depth
c. Minimum of 4 bolts per water closet

*Clean out fittings

a. Plug should have a raised square head when installed along travel
ways
b. It should be gas and water tight

* Threaded Pipe and fittings

1. Screwed Fittings - ABS or PVC threads shall be tapped
2. Drainage fittings - should allow 2% slope
* Backwater Valve
* shall remain sufficiently open during low periods of flows

* Valves and Fittings

a. Gate valve in drainage shall be on full way type
Size Materials
102 mm or larger Cast iron bodies
less than 102 mm Cast brass or bronze bodies

* Zinc Alloy Componets

* shall be approved to the standards and listings